Gastro-Adeno-Papilloma Flashcards
Viral Gastroenteritis
inflamm of?
important diseased of?
leading cause of?
– Inflammation of stomach or intestines
– important disease of infants and children
– leading cause of childhood death in developing countries
viral cause of gastroeneritis
rotavirus and group A, b and c genomes
segemented dsRNA
medical significance of group A reovirdiae
major cause of diarrhea in infants
norovirus significance
major cause of diarrhea outbreaks in adults/children
~____% of diarrhea cases still have unknown etiology
50
Norwalk identification
1st virus identified from stool samples by electron microscopic examination (1972)
Rotaviruses are members of the_________family
Reovirus= Respiratory Enteric Orphan viruses
Reovirus family envelope/caspids
nonenveloped with inner/outer capsids
rotavirus/reovirus replication
enters via endocytosis
full genome replication
uses own RNA poly
buds from ER
genome of rotaviruses
11 segments of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)
end result rotavirus infection on cell
Lysis of infected cells
Rotaviruses may cause?
- potentially fatal dehydration
transmission of rotaviruses
what allows them to be transmitted this way?
how infectious?
fecal-oral transmission
acid stability conferred by double capsid structure
up to 10^12 virus particles per ml stool and as few as 10 virus particles can cause infection
how do rotaviruses cause potentially fatal diarrhea
virus produces an enterotoxin
binds integrins; signaling results secretion of chloride and water
infected gut epithelial cells destroyed & replaced by immature epithelial cells (reduced uptake of ions, water; less absorption of foods molecules (carbs))
most common group of rotaviruses in US
group A
rotavirus vax?
Rotavirus vaccine for infants (>75% effective)
norovirus genome/ strucutre
+ RNA
naked capsid virions
norovirus replication, similar to what other virus?
Replication similar to picornaviruses (poliovirus) except 2nd phase of translation involves subgenomic RNAs (like coronaviruses).
Has a 5VPg protein on RNA (like picornaviruses)
Adenovirus
genome
structure/ geometry
linear dsDNA
non enveloped
iscohedral